Impact of male sterility and xenia on grain quality traits of maize

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 239-247

  Weingartner, Urs ^a   Camp, Karl Heinz ^b   Stamp, Peter ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Delley Seeds and Plants Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cms; Cytoplasmic male sterility; Grain nitrogen content; Grain yield; Maize; Xenia; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

HYBRID; MAIZE; POLLINATOR; STERILITY; YIELD;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 4344718623     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2003.08.006     Document Type: Article

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